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Johann Gottfried Kiesslich (Kantor, Rector, Bach's Pupil) |
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Born: May 11, 1703 - Brandis, near Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Died: May 16, 1782 - Dahme, Brandenburg, Germany |
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Johann Gottfried Kiesslich [Kießlich] was born the son of Johann Kießlich (Mayor of Brandis). He studied at Schools in Brandis and Naunhof; enrolled at the Thomasschule in Leipzig on June 4, 1716; studied there from 1716 to 1723; at Universität Leipzig from 1719; and at Universität Wittenberg from 1723. Although he attended the Thomasschule during J.S. Bach's tenure, it is not known if he actually studied with him. After his studies, he worked as Kantor from 1730 and Rector from 1740 in Dahme.
References: Richter: 10 |
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Source: Bernd Koska: Dissertation "Bachs Thomaner als Kantoren in Mitteldeutschland" (Beeskow 2018), Anhang VII.1 Die Alumnen der Thomasschule 1710-1760, English translation by Aryeh Oron (April 2020)
Contributed by Aryeh Oron (April 2020) |
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Literature: Acta scholastica IV, S. 94; Reinhold 1845, S. 236 und 240; Richter 1907, Nr. 10
Werner Reinhold: Chronik der Stadt Dahme und der Umgegend, Volume 1 (1845), p 240 |
